Economics of Natural Resource Management

Profession

The organization of environmental management requires the use of various tools – administrative regulation, economic measures of influence. Economic methods of environmental management regulation are given the most important place due to their high efficiency. However, this requires sound assessments of natural resources, assessment of the effectiveness of their use and restoration, development of effective strategies for the sustainable development of companies and regions. The program “Economics of Natural Resources Management” is devoted to these issues.

Educational Process

The training program will allow you to get acquainted with the methods of economic assessment of natural resources, the economic justification of the optimal ways of their use and restoration, environmental quality control technologies, approaches to the analysis and management of environmental risks using economic tools, economic aspects of the development and practical application of environmental standards. The set of practical competencies of a graduate of the master’s program allows him to confidently navigate the modern requirements for effective resource management, the organization of a “green economy” and sustainable eco-oriented development.
A master’s degree is a well-educated graduate of a university who not only has practical skills, but is also actively engaged in research. Therefore, a significant amount of time in the program is devoted to research work. The complex nature of the program involves the active use of modern educational technologies-multimedia, training on simulators, active development of electronic libraries.

Practice

As part of the practical part of the program, students undergo practical training at industrial enterprises, in design and consulting companies engaged in environmental audit, development of project environmental documentation, justification of environmental projects. There is a possibility of internships in the relevant structures of the UN and other international organizations, as well as in foreign universities-partners of the RUDN for BRICS, SCO, UI GreenMetric, etc.

Career

Specialists in the integrated environmental and economic direction are widely in demand in international organizations, joint and multinational companies, in state and municipal authorities in the field of environmental protection, in consulting and project organizations, non-governmental organizations dealing with environmental protection and sustainable development. Students acquire skills and abilities in the field of providing an economic justification for ecologization programs and choosing optimal effective directions for the use and conservation of natural resources.